*(Easy)

Fritz, Jean; And Then What Happened , Paul Revere?

Fritz, Jean; Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?

Fritz, Jean; What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?

Fritz, Jean; Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?

Fritz, Jean; Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?

Fritz, Jean; Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?

Kroll, Steven; The Boston Tea Party
 

*(Average)

Giblin, James; Fireworks, Picnics and Flags: The Story of the Fourth of July Symbols

Lawson, Robert; Mr. Revere and I

Reische, Diana; Patrick Henry

Stone, Melissa; Rebellion's Song

Sutton, Felix; The How and Why Wonder Book of the American Revolution

Wibberly, Leonard; John Treegate's Musket
 

*(Challenging)

Fradin, Dennis; Samuel Adams: The Father of American Independence

Text of "Declaration of Independence" Found in appendix of America Will Be, Houghton-Mifflin Publishers, pages 556-559.
 

*(Read-Aloud)

Giblin, James Cross; Thomas Jefferson
 

*(Resource)

Jaffe, Steven; Who Were The Founding Fathers: Two Hundred Years of Reinventing American History
 

Video:

American Independence 1776  EMC#881495  28 mins

The American Revolution: Rebellion and Preparing to Fight  EMC#885571  16 mins

Background of the Declaration of Independence  EMC#884182  20 mins

The Boston Tea Party  EMC#881519  30 mins  dated

Breaking the Colonial Ties: Declaration of Independence  EMC#883555 20 mins

Colonial America: Roots of Revoultion 1607-1775  EMC#883631  19 mins

Countdown to Independence: Causes of the American Revolution  EMC#885200 22 mins

Declaration of Independence  EMC#885182  9 mins  dated

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death  EMC#883497  25 mins

Great Americans: George Washington  EMC#880099  15 mins

Great Americans: Benjamin Franklin  EMC#880097  15 mins

Great Americans: Thomas Jefferson  EMC#880098  13 mins

Independence: Birth of A Free Nation  EMC#882333  28 mins

Lexington, Concord, and Independence  EMC#882752  17 mins  dated

Midnight RIde of Paul Revere  EMC#882750  10 mins 

Paul Revere: The Messenger of Liberty  EMC#882750  24 mins

Paul Revere's Ride  EMC#882068  EMC#882068  15 mins  dated  elementary

Roots of Democracy:1700's  EMC#884257  60 mins

Shot Heard Round the World  EMC#881520  32 mins  dated

Story of Molly Pitcher  EMC#882074  15 mins  dated

Williamsburg: Story of a Patriot  EMC#882766  36 mins  dated

Software:

Revolutionary War MECC

Paths to Freedom: The American Revolution  Encycl. Brit.

Internet:

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty

http://www.monticello.org 
Jefferson's residence

http://www.mountvernon.org/  Washington's residence

http://www.nps.gov/inde/
exindex.htm 
Independence Hall

Decisions, Decision: Revolutionary Wars.
Tom Snyder Productions, 1996 (Floppy disk, Mac, Win). Students act as the governor of a remote colony whose eastern province is in rebellion. Students must make decisions on how to quell the rebellion before the central government intervenes.

Paths to Freedom: The American Revolution Encyclopedia Britannica, 1995 (CD-ROM, Floppy, Mac) Students use CD-ROMs, videodiscs, and print materials to research and explore important aspects of U.S. History. Students work on projects and create multimedia presentations for portfolio review. All student readings except primary sources are in English and Spanish; primary source materials are in
English only. All video clips have English and Spanish audio
tracks. Two units are available now, "The American Revolution" and "The Young Republic." Six additional units are in development. Teachers and students can print copies of all readings, song lyrics, primary sources, investigations and glossary terms. All the materials on the CD-ROM are available for students to use in their own
multimedia productions.

 Seeds of Liberty: Causes of the American Revolution.
Rainbow Educational Media Inc, 1333 (Video) 
Focuses  on the period 1754 to 1767. Topics include: how the French and Indian War affected relations between the colonies  and Britain, the impact of British colonial trade polices, colonist
reactions to Parliament, and why the colonists resisted the Stamp Act and Townshend Act.

http://www.ofcn.org/cyber.serv/
academy/ace/soc/elem.html

gopher://bvsd.k12.co.us:70/11/
Educational_Resources/Lesson_
Plans/Big%20Sky/social_studies

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/

http://www.mcrel.org/
connect/plus

http://www.trinity.edu/
departments/education/core/
newplans.htm

http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/
Lessons/crossroads

http://talk.startribune.com/
cgi-bin/WebX.cgi?homework-
14@@.ee6b2b9 
homework help

http://www.hmco.com/hmco/school/
search/activity.html 
*Houghton Mifflin

http://www.mcrel.org/connect/
lesson.html#social

http://www.nwrel.org/sky/
Classroom/Social_Studies/
Social_Studies.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.
com/resources/ngo/education/
ideas.html

http://www.rims.k12.ca.us/SCORE/

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ 
*Houghton Mifflin supplemental games, quizes maps

http://www.socialstudies.com/
index.html

http://www.mmhschool.com/
teach/socialstud/socstu1.html

In addition, the following lesson plan explores a comparison between modern and 18th century forms of "resistance:"

http://www.history.org/
other/teaching/teachhdr.htm

1.) In pairs students read and research one of the following people involved in the events leading to the Revolutionary War: Abigail Adams, Patrick Henry, George Washington, John Adams, Betsy Ross, Mercy Otis Warren, Nathan Hale, Thomas Paine, King George III, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Paul Revere, Molly Pitcher, Martha Washington, Daniel Boone, Alexander Hamilton

2.) Information is to be presented in a Biography Folder. A Biography Folder is a "stand alone" resource that communicated information about a person through pictures and written accounts. 

3.) Students will role play a CNN interview of their famous person.

The Biography Folder is to be assessed on accuracy, completeness, aesthetics, and organization using a scale of 1 to 3.

(l = poor; 2 = average; 3=excellent)

The role play is to be assessed using a scale of 1-3 using the following criteria. 

· Information obtained from references + Project meets requirements

· Layout · Organization · Maps and illustrations

· Presentation of information in role playing interview